[color=#000099][/color]UNIJOS ASUU Vows Not To
Resume Academic Activities
unijos
The students of the
University of Jos may be
forced to still stay out of
classes despite having to
endure the six-month-old
strike which was recently
called off by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), following internal
crisis in the school.
The university chapter of the
union in a statement
yesterday, said its members
would not resume academic
activities until all its
members are paid their full
allowances from what has
been so far released to the
university by the federal
government.
The university had
announced today, Jan. 6 as
its resumption day.
The statement signed by the
branch Chairman of ASUU,
Dr. David Jangkam, explained
that shortly after the
commencement of the
nation-wide strike by the
union’s national body, the
branch wrote and intimated
the governing council of the
university of seven local
issues that agitated its
members, and the need to
address them during the
strike period.
“In the course of the strike,
the federal government in an
attempt to resolve the
problems, released the sum
of N30 billion for the
settlement of earned
allowances owed staff of
Nigerian universities, who
had earned same from 2009
to 2012.”
Jangkam said the University
of Jos got the sum of N1.16
billion as its share for
onward payment to staff
based on computation done
in 2011 submitted by
departments
and units.
He lamented that neither the
initial computation in 2010
through 2012 nor the
verified computation in
2013 was used by the
university administration in
disbursing the N1.16 billion
it got from the federal
government. “Instead, the
university administration
shared the money as it
deemed fit without regard
to whether staff earned
same entitlement or not,
thus resulting in some
members getting far less
than what they are entitled
to and most members
getting nothing at all,” he
added.
The statement also stressed
that others who are not
entitled to the allowance got
three to four times what
those who are entitled to
should have got, adding that
members of the union have
met and have written to call
the attention of the
university administration to
the misapplication of their
money but to no avail.
The union therefore vowed
that despite the suspension
of the strike embarked upon
by its national secretariat,
the chapter would not
resume academic activities
until the internal crises are
resolved by the university
administration.